The trend estimate for the value of total building approved fell 0.9% in March. The trend estimate for the value of new residential building approved fell 2.5% and the value of alterations and additions fell 0.3%. The value of non-residential building approved rose 0.9%.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total building approved fell 0.1% in March. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of new residential building approved fell 6.0% in March. The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of alterations and additions fell 7.0% and the value of non-residential building rose 8.9%.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

April 2008

3 June 2008

May 2008

2 July 2008

June 2008

30 July 2008

July 2008

2 September 2008

August 2008

30 September 2008

September 2008

5 November 2008

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

TOTAL

NSW

-

-

1

1

1 004

2

-

1 008

Vic.

-

-

-

-

-

10

177

187

Qld

5

2

-

2

35

49

1 235

1 328

SA

-

1

-

54

53

-

- 1

199

WA

-

-

92

1

318

-

-

319

Tas.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

NT

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ACT

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total

5

3

93

58

1 410

61

1 411

3 041

These revisions are primarily a result of the ongoing audits of building approvals data, conducted by municipalities and the ABS.

The inclusion of previously missing data from Victorian private certifiers resulted in an upward revision of 177 dwelling units to the estimates for Victoria in 2007-08.

The inclusion of previously missing data from Gold Coast City Council resulted in upward revisions to the estimates for Queensland in 2007-08. The missing data contributed

1209 dwellings to the estimate of the number of dwelling units approved,

$194m to the estimate of the value of other residential building approved, and

$67.5m to the estimate of the value of non-residential building approved.

These missing permits were due to data extraction problems.

DATA NOTES

There are no notes about the data.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Paul Pamment on Adelaide (08) 8237 7648.